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AQA PSYCHOLOGY (A-LEVEL) - APPROACHES - ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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AQA PSYCHOLOGY (A-LEVEL) -APPROACHES - ORIGINS OF
PSYCHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
KEY TERM
what is psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of the human mind and it's functions
KEY TERM
what is science? - Answer-A way of obtaining knowledge through systematic
investigations. The aim is to discover general laws
KEY TERM
what is introspection? - Answer-A method used to study the mind by breaking up
conscious awareness into thoughts, images and sensations
What did Wundt do? - Answer-Opened the first psychology lab in Germany 1879.
what was Wundt's objective? - Answer-Wundt's objective was to document and
describe human consciousness (introspection)
controlled methods? - Answer-All introspections were recorded under strictly controlled
conditions using the same stimulus each time. The same standardized instructions were
given to each participant making this study easily replicable and making it scientific.
Criticism (evaluation) of Wundt's methods (A03) - Answer-Wundt relied on participants
self reporting their mental process, making this data subjective
Positive (evaluation) of Wundt's methods (A03) - Answer-Wundt's study was done in a
lab environment so it would be classed as scientific today as all variables were
controlled
what did Watson do? - Answer-Watson questioned the scientific status of introspection,
Watson argued that introspection is subjective in the case of it varied greatly from
person to person.
what was Watson's main argument? - Answer-Watson said that scientific psychology
should only study what can be measured and observed
Criticism (evaluation) of Watson's theory (A03) - Answer-Not all approaches in
psychology use objective methods to study behaviour such as the humanistic approach
that only uses subjective experience
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